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Huan Yi
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since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

0 posted 2009-03-31 01:39 PM

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The dawn sun
Casts a blue glow
On green lawns

Dew glistens
On summer grasses—
Small squirrels are silently
Leaping from tree to tree
And birds are beginning
To sing

There is this
Curious indifference
In the animal world
As it goes about
Treating as no more
Than impediments
Walls and fences
Those white sided houses
With their wooden eaves

Shadows
Shimmer and fade
To the sound
Of the town hall bell

As if it had anything
To do with me

.

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

1 posted 2009-03-31 01:57 PM

as usual ... fine impressionistic imagery ...

I am particularly fond of the beginning:

"The dawn sun
Casts a blue glow
On green lawns

Dew glistens
On summer grasses—
Small squirrels are silently
Leaping from tree to tree
And birds are beginning
To sing"

AND:

"Shadows
Shimmer and fade
To the sound
Of the town hall bell..."

sustained applause for this 'penning' !!

greytree
Junior Member

since 2009-02-24

Posts 45
Wales

2 posted 2009-03-31 07:23 PM

I spent much time as a child camping or on a canal boat and always marvelled over the simplicity of the countryside. You summed up many of my thoughts beautifully here. A great read.

In such an ugly time, beauty is the real protest

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3 posted 2009-03-31 08:55 PM

Yo John,

I love this, in particular the last line. You sound like another city boy like me.

Bobby

unboundpoetess
Member

since 2008-05-24

Posts 477

4 posted 2009-03-31 11:09 PM

Very nice.
I enjoyed the gift of fine images here.

Heather

Quiet Waters
Junior Member

since 2009-03-13

Posts 15
IN, USA

5 posted 2009-04-01 02:10 PM

As a born and bred Hoosier Lady still living in rural Indiana, each line of your piece brought me closer to the beauty that many from more "exotic" lands tend overlook. Indiana really is a beautiful state....

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Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2009-04-01 02:25 PM

I've never been to Indiana but this poem makes me wish I had.
Ida

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

7 posted 2009-04-01 04:55 PM

just beautiful and very inspiring. Thanks

yann

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